Venezuela Trivia

1. What are the three countries Venezuela borders?

From Quiz Venezuela's Basic Questions

Answer: Guyana, Brazil and Colombia

Venezuela has three countries that border it. They are: to the East, Guyana; to the South, Brazil; and to the West, Colombia.

From Quiz Venezuela Facts

Answer: Caracas

Caracas is also known as the witch capital of the world.

From Quiz Do You Know Venezuela?

Answer: Venezuelan Bolívar

The bolívar was introduced in 1879. It had a short lived predecessor called the venezolano. Until the 1970s, the bolívar was the region's most stable and internationally accepted currency.

From Quiz Venezuela - An Amazing Country

Answer: Araguaney

The Araguaney enters into full bloom in the dry season, when its leaves fall off. Their deep yellow flowers make a most attractive picture which lasts for several days. It has been the national tree since 1948.

From Quiz Venezuela Facts

Answer: bolivar

The bolivar is named after Simon Bolivar, who is called El Libertador (The Liberator). He was born in Caracas, Venezuela on July 24, 1783. Simon Bolivar was one of South America's greatest generals.

From Quiz Do You Know Venezuela?

Answer: Because of its likeness to Venice Italy

The name Venezuela is believed to have originated from cartographer Amerigo Vespucci and crew who led a 1499 naval expedition of Venezuela. They first saw some distinctive stilt villages (palafitos) that local Añu people had built. This reminded them of Venice (Venezia) Italy; as a result the region was named Veneziela; later becoming Venezuela.

From Quiz Geographically Speaking - Venezuela

Answer: Guyana

Guyana, the former British Guiana, became independent from Britain in 1966. Venezuela has disputed the border with Guyana, both in the sixties and again in 1982. An agreement was reached in 1989.

From Quiz Venezuela - An Amazing Country

Answer: Caroní

One of the main features of the Caroní river is its waters are tea colored, making it one of the few blackwater rivers in South America. It has a large discharge (considering the size of its basin) making it suitable for the generation of hydroelectricity.

From Quiz Geographically Speaking - Venezuela

Answer: Colombia

Colombia has coastlines both on the Caribbean and the Pacific.

From Quiz Venezuela - An Amazing Country

Answer: Guri

The Guri dam is the third largest hydroelectric plant in the world since 2009. It is located on the Caroni River. Venezuela´s energy policy since the 1960s is to use as much hydroelectric power as possible instead of fossil fuels. This policy can be risky in a country that suffers severe droughts. In 2010 there was not enough water to generate the needed electricity, therefore the government was obliged to enforce two hour blackouts every day in order to fight the lack of electricity produced.

From Quiz Venezuela's Basic Questions

Answer: Orchid

The orchid is the national flower and it was first discovered in 1839. The name of the special orchid is the "Flor de Mayo", meaning "May Flower" and it was named like this because it was discovered in May 1839.

From Quiz Do You Know Venezuela?

Answer: 3

Venezuela borders Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the west.

From Quiz Geographically Speaking - Venezuela

Answer: Negro

The Negro and Orinoco rivers form most of the border between Venezuela and Colombia. The Negro enters Brazil, which lies south of Venezuela and then flow eastwards to join the Amazon about ten miles from Manaus.

From Quiz Venezuela - An Amazing Country

Answer: Tepui

The name originates from the Pemon indians, meaning "House of Gods". These mountains are one of the earth's oldest geologic formations. Two of the best known tepuis are the Sarisariñama and the Autana.

From Quiz Venezuela Facts

Answer: 3,276,000 people

The capital city is also the largest city in Venezuela.

From Quiz Geographically Speaking - Venezuela

Answer: Orinoco

The Orinoco forms a great arc 1,500 miles long. It has a vast delta area with many branches entering the Atlantic Ocean.

From Quiz Venezuela - An Amazing Country

Answer: Auyantepui

It is also known as Devil´s Mountain. Its table top has an area of 700 km2, and its peak is 2,535 meters tall. The falls where given their name in honor of Jimmy Angel the man who discovered the falls, and a few years later crash landed his plane on the summit.

From Quiz Do You Know Venezuela?

Answer: Spain

Spain first colonized Venezuela in 1522. The Spanish Empire founded its first permanent settlement in South America in Venezuela.

From Quiz Geographically Speaking - Venezuela

Answer: Pico Bolivar

Pico Bolivar is 16,411 feet high is in western Venezuela in the Cordillera Merida.

From Quiz Venezuela - An Amazing Country

Answer: Capybara

It is a Venezuelan custom to hunt and eat these rodents during the Easter festivities. A Papal dispensation was given allowing their consumption in days of Lent. In the Guarani language their name means "master of the grasses".

From Quiz Venezuela's Basic Questions

Answer: 8

There are eight stars in the flag. In 2006 President Chavez decided to change from seven stars to eight stars. The eight star was made for an honor that President Hugo Chavez gives to Simon Bolivar, the Independence leader of Venezuela.

From Quiz Venezuela Facts

Answer: Aeropostal

Aeropostal was capitalized at 1.6 million Bolívares. It wasn't until May 21, 1937, that the government secured full ownership of the airline.

From Quiz Do You Know Venezuela?

Answer: Andes Mountains

Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, including the Andes mountains in the north and west. The highest peak is Pico Bolívar at 4,981 metres.

From Quiz Geographically Speaking - Venezuela

Answer: oil & petroleum

Oil was discovered in 1922 and made a vast difference to the country's economy.

From Quiz Venezuela - An Amazing Country

Answer: Maracaibo

Lying on the western coast of Lake Maracaibo, this city is also the capital of the state of Zulia. It is said that its name is derived from an Indian chief named Mara.

From Quiz Venezuela's Basic Questions

Answer: Between 25 and 30 million

There are exactly 26,749,000 million people in Venezuela as the Census of 2005 stated.

From Quiz Do You Know Venezuela?

Answer: After the visit of a pilot who spotted it from the air and landed there

Explorer Ernesto Sanchez La Cruz, was the first to find the falls but they were not well known across the world until 1933 when American pilot, Jimmy Angel, spotted them while searching for a mineral bed. In 1936 he returned and landed his plane at the top of the falls and the falls were named after him.

From Quiz Geographically Speaking - Venezuela

Answer: Lake Maracaibo

Lake Maracaibo is the largest lake in South America at 5,217 square miles. Lake Titicaca on the Bolivia/Peru border is South America's second largest lake.

From Quiz Venezuela - An Amazing Country

Answer: Nueva Esparta

The state of Nueva Esparta has a total area of 1,150 km2, which is divided into three islands. The main one and largest is Margarita, which is one of Venezuela´s major tourist destinations. The other two are Coche and Cubagua both which are much smaller. Cubagua has a very sparse population of mainly fishermen.

From Quiz Venezuela Facts

Answer: 9

1. Llanos Region is the Amazon Basin, the largest rain forest in the world. 2. The Andean Region 3. Zulian Region (includes Maracaibo) 4. North-Eastern Region 5. Insular Region or the Caribbean Island region 6. Guyana Region (Rainforest region) 7. Capital Region (includes Caracas) 8. Central Region 9. Central-Western Region

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